How to Use dangerous in a Sentence

dangerous

adjective
  • The city can be a dangerous place to live.
  • The storms may cause dangerous flooding.
  • He is wanted for assault with a dangerous weapon.
  • He often drives at dangerous speeds.
  • She got into a car accident while driving through a dangerous intersection.
  • But that is a very dangerous game to play in the play-in round.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Apr. 2022
  • All 11 to the ball, that popped out on the screen, and their front four is dangerous.
    Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 30 Nov. 2019
  • The thrills come when the would-be thieves are trapped inside the house with a very dangerous Lang.
    Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • That's dangerous—the board can kick back—so use a miter gauge to chop the pieces to length.
    Richard Romanski, Popular Mechanics, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The first one, with Belgium dangerous and on the front foot, was quite a bit of fun.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 11 July 2018
  • The most dangerous habit for cheaters is to send photos and videos.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 10 July 2020
  • Lod’s tap-in came from Sang Bin Jeong putting a dangerous ball across the goal mouth.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Exposed rocks to the east of the beach are dangerous and should be avoided.
    Staff Report, Post-Tribune, 3 July 2018
  • Pierce has been the Bearcats' most dangerous deep threat over the last three seasons.
    Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Some of the most dangerous waste was shipped off-site by train and buried in Nevada.
    cincinnati.com, 17 Mar. 2020
  • In truth, my drive from my home to the airport was more dangerous than my flight.
    Tom Keane, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2018
  • The job, at that point, felt so reckless and dangerous.
    Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Oh, and watch out for the falling prop, that could have been rather dangerous.
    Doug George, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2021
  • At times, a poster's denial can be dangerous, the study found.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 5 Nov. 2019
  • And then there’s the last question, which is too dangerous to type out here.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Here are some of the take-homes: Why is wildfire smoke so dangerous?
    Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Okay not so dangerous there (above ^^^, but stay with me).
    SI.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • But Cline warns that the hunt will be more dangerous than ever too.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Authentic toys can be dangerous, too, in the hands of a young child.
    Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Rydberg had five shots in the game, and a few dangerous crosses.
    Dan Shalin, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2017
  • The cars now [are] extremely fast on the street -- very dangerous.
    John Kapetaneas, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2021
  • But many missed the target and of those that did, few were truly dangerous.
    Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 30 June 2018
  • The death penalty will make things even more dangerous for girls.
    Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Even sparklers sold at the grocery store are dangerous.
    cleveland, 27 June 2020
  • Yet the way it was done makes this a very dangerous and cynical move.
    Dakota Smith, latimes.com, 26 June 2019

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